CALL FOR ARTWORK

STREET BANNERS FOR GRANVILLE ANDHASTINGS WEST

CALL FOR ARTWORK:STREET BANNERS FOR GRANVILLE AND HASTINGS WEST

Introduction

To ensure downtown Vancouver has a distinctive sense of place and arrival, the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) collaborates with organizations and creative individuals to identify opportunities to beautify and promote the downtown identity.

The DVBIA promotes various streets and districts by installing street banners every two years. This year Granville and West Hastings streets will receive new designs.

The DVBIA believes it’s important that the people who work, live and play in downtown Vancouver have a say in how their downtown looks and feels. Therefore, the DVBIA is extending the opportunity to local artists and designers to be featured on the city streets through an open call for artwork.

Banner Design Criteria

Mandatory Elements

• Banners must include the name of the street as “Granville” or “Hastings West”. Note: Hastings West is the official district name.

• The banner design should reflect the nature or character of the street in some way.• No small text, corporate logos, advertising, or inappropriate content or language.

Best Practices

• Impactful designs are those that contain bright colours that pop and contrasting colour combinations.• Keep it simple.• Consider the scale when the banner is erected and displayed as small details can be lost. • Try integrating white into your design as this colour is picked up nicely when the sun shines through it. • Banners will be printed on one side only; therefore, the design will be reversed on the rearview. • Consider the longevity of the design, as they will remain up for two years.

Banner

Tail (optional)

January 24th: Call for Artwork

open for submissions.

February 21st: Call for Artwork

deadline at 4pm.

March 4th: Designs

shortlisted and open to voting by DVBIA members.

March 19th: Winning designs

selected. Coordination with selected artists/

designers for final print ready file.

March 30th: Final

selections sent to print.

May 31st: Banner

installation complete.

Current Banner Designs

March 10th & 12th:Voting open to

public at Granville and Hastings intersection.

Type: Medium Single, and Medium DoubleBanner Size: 32”x72”

Area 2: Granville StreetFrom West Cordova to DrakeTotal Displayed: 67

Granville Street banners are all single banners (one per pole); however there are two sizes of banners, with the 700 block having a larger size. Submissions must contain files with both the medium and large sizes. There is also a tail which is optional in the design process (separate file, if including).

Type: Medium SingleBanner Size: 32”x80”Optional Tail: 32”x16

Type: Large SingleBanner tSize: 32”x180”Optional Tail: 32”x16

Note: You can submit for one or both of the street locations. Area 1: Hastings West From Bute to RichardsTotal displayed: 59

The majority of the banners along Hastings West are displayed as single banners (one per pole). A small portion of the poles have dual banners (two per pole). Your design should take this into account.

32”

32”

80”

32”

180”

Locations + Measurements

16”

16”

72”

32”

32”

Design Frequency

For each submission, applications can either submit one design that will be repeated on every pole, or two designs that will alternate down the street. The DVBIA will have the final decision on how the designs will be used.

How to submit

Applicants are asked to submit the following by email: Step 1: Attach your files in an email with the following details: Name, Address, Phone Number, Email AddressStep 2: Submit low res PDF or JPEG files (max 5mb) for initial viewing/voting purposes only. Step 3: Submissions and questions are to be sent to the attention of Clare Warner, Coordinator, Public Spaces and Placemaking by email to clare@dtvan.ca. The deadline for submissions is 4 pm Friday, February 21st.

If selected, you will be asked to send a high-res file(s) compatible with the below specs:

• Ai - Adobe Illustrator vector compatible file. Saved with “compression option” on OR• Id (InDesign) Package that contains all of the necessary files OR• PDF – hi-resolution images and fonts embedded, with “preserve illustrator editing capabilities”

on.• Colour: Convert all colours (RGB, Pantone, LAB, etc.) to CMYK. You can leave Pantone colours

as is and on a separate layer.• Fonts: Convert all fonts to curves/outlines; otherwise, include all PostScript fonts.• Rasterize all effects/filters and no bleeds or crop marks. • Our production team will adjust artwork based on our needs.• Flatten transparencies (for vector files).• Provide a colour proof when colour output is critical.• Files over 60 MB slow down the pre-production process. Please check files for unnecessary

components/layers & save at a setting that lowers file size or adjust artwork accordingly.

Additional notes:

1. Design submissions not selected will not be used for any other project or process2. The DVBIA does not assume ownership of the selected banner designs3. The artist fee is $1500 for selected designs4. Final designs are to be approved by the City of Vancouver5. Applicants must be residents of Metro Vancouver6. You can submit for one or both streets7. Applicants can submit up to two designs for each street per submission8. Applications that do not follow these guidelines will not be considered

Artist Compensation: $1500 for each succesful design. ($1500 for Granville, $1500 for Hastings West)

Single Design Submission Two Design Submission